# House Oversight votes to hold Leon Black in contempt over Epstein inquiry

https://mins.news/en/item/60307

- ABC News, 2026-09-15 22:05 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://abcnews.com/Politics/house-oversight-moving-hold-billionaire-leon-black-contempt/story?id=136465152

> The House Oversight Committee voted Tuesday to hold billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress after he defied two subpoenas connected to its investigation into Jeffrey Epstein.

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